Robinson Hope Creative, a production company in the United States, has developed an exciting new lens for Canon DSLRs. The lens allows for ultra wide angle (panoramic) shots with no distortion. Anyone familiar with wide angle photography knows that lines in an image, whether horizontal or vertical, always end up slightly warped. With still photography [...]
Earlier this month I posted a list of rumored Canon SLR products that are expected to arrive in the coming months. One of the items on that list was the EF 200-400 f/4L IS 1.4x lens, which was also spotted in Kenya in January of this year. According to Canonrumors, the new EF zoom lens [...]
It’s a known fact that much of the computing world is moving towards the cloud. Services like Dropbox, Box, and iCloud (and their respective success) give clear indication that consumers welcome the idea of cutting cords. In this example, cutting the cord refers to an external hard drive or any other physical storage solution you may be using to save [...]
There’s no denying that the mirrorless camera category is gradually gaining traction in terms of user base. For proof of that growing popularity, one need look not further than Nikon’s recent entry into the market with its Nikon 1 series. So there was no real surprise when we heard that Canon, presumably Nikon’s biggest rival, [...]
Leica has a lot of people waiting with bated breath for the announcement of their upcoming M10 camera. It has been over a year since its predecessor, the M9, was announced; so a lot of people expect the manufacturer to make an announcement pretty soon. But Leica is making sure the M9 goes out with [...]
We mentioned in a recent post that the Stock Production Company CandyBox Images received one of the very first Nikon D4 units. The CandyBox team were up late last night shooting with the D4, and have posted high res shots at every ISO. Here’s a behind the scenes video from their shoot (shot on an iPhone) [...]
This just in: lensmaker Carl Zeiss has posted a teaser on their blog for a new, yet-to-be-announced, ultra-wideangle (UWA) lens. No specifications have been officially provided (or leaked) yet, but Zeiss revealed that the upcoming lens will have an integrated hood and will still be able to accept normal screw-in filters through a giant 95mm thread. [...]
During the launch of the 5D Mark III, Canon also unveiled two new accessories to complement the new EOS camera: the Speedlite 600EX-RT and Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT. The 600EX-RT is the successor of the 580EX II and features a built-in wireless radio, which is Canon’s first. And photographers who love finding new techniques in creative [...]
If you’ve ever tried making a photo book, you know the work involved. Blurb, a popular book publishing site, has created what looks like a very useful plug in for Lightroom 4. The plug-in creates a new tab in Adobe Lightroom and gives you a pile of new features and tools specifically designed for book-making. [...]
The Canon 1DX, Canon C300, and Canon 5D Mark III cameras have already been announced, yet Canon has just sent out a mysterious invitation announcing the launch of something new. The launch will happen at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) on April 15th, 2012. As the announcement is being held at a broadcasting / [...]